Yeah, already had it. It's a lot of fun going from perfectly healthy at 17:20 and in the ER getting bags of fluid and morphine by 20:00. 3 days later I was up and mostly back to normal but until then holy shiat that was bad.

2 kids in daycare. I had strep 3 times near the holidays, then the flu recently, an ear infection, a week later pretty sure I got this stuff. Or it was a helluva reaction to the augmentin after a few days. Whatever, my guts are slowly feeling better. I'd better be sick free the rest of the damn year at this rate!

Got norovirus two days after taking a friend to the emergency clinic. She had it bad. I had it worse. I've never had so much stomach pain. Threw up more than 5 dozen times. Not much of a fever. Felt like shiat for 3 days.

Found out later that immunity to norovirus is fleeting, and in 14 weeks or so, its possible to get it again.

I am the 3rd of 4 people in my household who has come down with it. If you come down with it, after you finish unloading your guts, get the strongest anti-nausea medication you can find. Your stomach may be empty, but it will play tricks on you making you feel as if you are going to throw up, making it difficult to get the rest you need to get over this sucker.

/also have a vomit bowl near the toilet, your first interaction with this SOB will see you unload both at the same time...

"It's not a completely innocuous virus and can certainly ruin a vacation," says Dr. John Treanor, chief of the Infectious Diseases Division at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Holy shiat, no kidding. It was bad enough being essentially chained to the bathroom in my own house when I had this. I can't even imagine how horrible norovirus would be while on the road, or god forbid on a farking airplane.

Smeggy Smurf:Yeah, already had it. It's a lot of fun going from perfectly healthy at 17:20 and in the ER getting bags of fluid and morphine by 20:00. 3 days later I was up and mostly back to normal but until then holy shiat that was bad.

It is apparently a rule of nature that whenever either my wife or I travel, my wife gets sick. Even if I go out of town and she stays home, she gets sick. Seriously, in our five years together, I don't think we've taken any trip longer than two nights that didn't have her ill at least once.

Anyway, I'm out of town on business and my wife calls to say she's sick as a dog - throwing up, etc, etc. She had to call her mother to come over to watch the baby, since I was gone. She calls the next day to say that she's feeling better, but now the baby's sick.

I get home and the baby's feeling better but within 24 hours, I'm puking my guts out.

I don't know if we had this or something else, but damn, it was the most nauseous I've been in a decade. Ugh.

Had this crud about two weeks ago. Multiple trips to the doctor/hospital and 5 straight days of the horrible shiats. Worse than when I was young/dumb and ate the food plus drank the water off-resort in Cancun.

Made sure that I quarantined myself in the basement well away from the wife and kids.

Plus it must be widespread because the local Walgreens, CVS and the grocery store pharmacies were out of the prescription strength diarrhea medicine. The only way I could score it was through the hospital.

neversubmit:Smeggy Smurf: Yeah, already had it. It's a lot of fun going from perfectly healthy at 17:20 and in the ER getting bags of fluid and morphine by 20:00. 3 days later I was up and mostly back to normal but until then holy shiat that was bad.

Morphine? OMG? I love that stuff, even so it's still not worth it.

Getting a blowjob from every playboy bunny of my choice from the past 20 years every day for the rest of my life wouldn't be worth getting sick like that again

Smeggy Smurf:neversubmit: Smeggy Smurf: Yeah, already had it. It's a lot of fun going from perfectly healthy at 17:20 and in the ER getting bags of fluid and morphine by 20:00. 3 days later I was up and mostly back to normal but until then holy shiat that was bad.

Morphine? OMG? I love that stuff, even so it's still not worth it.

Getting a blowjob from every playboy bunny of my choice from the past 20 years every day for the rest of my life wouldn't be worth getting sick like that again

You might be pushing the hyperbole there, but I'd have to agree. This stomach bug going around is so bad it would have Bill Maher praying to God within a few hours.

I seriously think I wore out a toilet and tripled my water bill with my sickness.

Flu really doesn't kill people in good health (not old, not young, no immunity problems, etc.)...so, nope still going with flu over this.

//or, how about neither, that would be good too

Actually, H1N1 primarily kills people in good health. It's thought that it causes your immune system to overreact leading to extremely high fevers, fluid in the lungs, and closed bronchioles. In other words, it's bad.

Marshall Willenholly:okay, you all have me worried now. i have no medicine at my house, so what should I stock up on just in case this happens? Isn't there anything to make the barfing stop?

Nothing stops it once it gets going. You'll probably want to stock up on toilet paper, Gatorade, and Saltines. The last two are for when your intestines aren't roiling anymore and you're able to keep fluids and inoffensive solid material down for more than fifteen minutes.

The guy upthread who said he'd rather have the flu has the right of it. The worst flu I've had was a merry stroll through the fairgrounds compared to both times I've had norovirus.

Cagey B:Marshall Willenholly: okay, you all have me worried now. i have no medicine at my house, so what should I stock up on just in case this happens? Isn't there anything to make the barfing stop?

Nothing stops it once it gets going. You'll probably want to stock up on toilet paper, Gatorade, and Saltines. The last two are for when your intestines aren't roiling anymore and you're able to keep fluids and inoffensive solid material down for more than fifteen minutes.

There's nothing better than that "shop of shame" at Wal Mart as the only things you throw on the conveyor belt are:-a 24 pack of toilet paper-six 1 liter bottles of Powerade-big box of saltines-2 bottles of Pepto Max-jello

angry_scientist:2 kids in daycare. I had strep 3 times near the holidays, then the flu recently, an ear infection, a week later pretty sure I got this stuff. Or it was a helluva reaction to the augmentin after a few days. Whatever, my guts are slowly feeling better. I'd better be sick free the rest of the damn year at this rate!

Right there with you. 2 kids in daycare as well. We have had 2 strains of strep, the flu, and ear infection, AND the norovirus through here in the past month. Daycare is the devil, in bacterial form.

Just to be sure the month was extra painful, I had my wisdom teeth out a day after the whole noro thing was cleared out of my system.

//Never quite been in the position before where I had to choose which end got the toilet, and which end fended for itself.

mjohnson71:Marshall Willenholly: okay, you all have me worried now. i have no medicine at my house, so what should I stock up on just in case this happens? Isn't there anything to make the barfing stop?

There isn't. Pepto Bismol just made my diarrhea pink and regular OTC Imodium did nothing.

/You're welcome.//You can now go back to your late afternoon snack.

Get a bidet. Seriously. Don't wipe your ass at all, let the bidet clean you and then pat dry.

Plan to live in the bathroom. When you're not puking and/or shiatting (yes, both at once, plan ahead), you should be in the tub with a cold shower spraying over you.

Slackfumasta:mjohnson71: Marshall Willenholly: okay, you all have me worried now. i have no medicine at my house, so what should I stock up on just in case this happens? Isn't there anything to make the barfing stop?

There isn't. Pepto Bismol just made my diarrhea pink and regular OTC Imodium did nothing.

/You're welcome.//You can now go back to your late afternoon snack.

Get a bidet. Seriously. Don't wipe your ass at all, let the bidet clean you and then pat dry.

Plan to live in the bathroom. When you're not puking and/or shiatting (yes, both at once, plan ahead), you should be in the tub with a cold shower spraying over you.

Enjoy two days of hell!

After a certain point (you'll know when), wiping becomes kinda pointless (and painful) anyway. When you get to the point nothing but liquid comes out either end, just take showers.

italie:angry_scientist: 2 kids in daycare. I had strep 3 times near the holidays, then the flu recently, an ear infection, a week later pretty sure I got this stuff. Or it was a helluva reaction to the augmentin after a few days. Whatever, my guts are slowly feeling better. I'd better be sick free the rest of the damn year at this rate!

Right there with you. 2 kids in daycare as well. We have had 2 strains of strep, the flu, and ear infection, AND the norovirus through here in the past month. Daycare is the devil, in bacterial form.

Just to be sure the month was extra painful, I had my wisdom teeth out a day after the whole noro thing was cleared out of my system.

//Never quite been in the position before where I had to choose which end got the toilet, and which end fended for itself.

You can ask your local supermarket that has a bakery if you can have their extra buckets. Most will give them to you free of charge. Forget about WalMart, they don't do it.

Then crap in the toilet, puke in the bucket. Problem sol*pppppppsplatslplooshHURLohgodmakeitstop*ved

Smeggy Smurf:italie: angry_scientist: 2 kids in daycare. I had strep 3 times near the holidays, then the flu recently, an ear infection, a week later pretty sure I got this stuff. Or it was a helluva reaction to the augmentin after a few days. Whatever, my guts are slowly feeling better. I'd better be sick free the rest of the damn year at this rate!

Right there with you. 2 kids in daycare as well. We have had 2 strains of strep, the flu, and ear infection, AND the norovirus through here in the past month. Daycare is the devil, in bacterial form.

Just to be sure the month was extra painful, I had my wisdom teeth out a day after the whole noro thing was cleared out of my system.

//Never quite been in the position before where I had to choose which end got the toilet, and which end fended for itself.

You can ask your local supermarket that has a bakery if you can have their extra buckets. Most will give them to you free of charge. Forget about WalMart, they don't do it.

Then crap in the toilet, puke in the bucket. Problem sol*pppppppsplatslplooshHURLohgodmakeitstop*ved

My 4 year old had it on Thursday. It seems like he was pretty lucky and got a mild case. It visited the 2 year old on Saturday, but his was even milder than what his brother had. My MIL got it Sunday night going into Monday (we live with the in-laws). So far, they are the only ones in the house who have got it. We shall see..